Dedham
A charming village with an impressive church, located a short walk down the River Stour from Flatford. Take a boat out on the river, stop for a cream tea or browse in the antique shops and craft market on the pretty high street.
Constable "Dedham Lock"
Flatford
Willy Lott’s house and the mill pond at Flatford, immortalised by Constable in ‘The Hay Wain’ and other paintings.
The HayWain is an oil on canvas painting by John Constable. It was finished in 1821 and shows a hay wain near Flatford Mill on the River Stour at Flatford, Suffolk.
Flatford Mill was owned by Constable's father and the house on the left side belonged to a neighbour, Willy Lott (a tenant farmer), who was said to have been born in the house and never to have left it for more than four days in his lifetime. Willy Lott's house has survived to this day practically unaltered, but none of the original trees in the painting exist today. The water level is also higher as that area of East Anglia has sunk into the sea by one foot (30 cm) since Constable's time
You can take a guided walking tour to visit some of the local scenes depicted in Constable's paintings such as "The Haywain" or "Boatbuilding". Alternativly take a rowing boat out on to the sedate River Stour.
Stay at Pelican Cottage
a delightfully modernised Victorian fisherman's cottage with four star accommodation right in the heart of Aldeburgh high street with the beach close by.
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